My dad bought me an '01 Savage, 13k miles. Well, after about 40 miles on it it died. Totally. It blew its (top) fuse about 8 times in some random guy's garage. Thankfully I died outside his house and he and his buddy saw us riding earlier so they were kind enough to help.

Well, we took it back to the stealership and they said they'd cover the cost of looking it over-it should work... but.... it fired right up. My dad and I presume it'll come back in the same shape with no luck from any diagnostics.

While blowing fuses we traced the problem to a short in the ignition system, and we thought it might've been on the killswitch return. (Not 100% sure there)

Any ideas or similar problems?

ps- battery was okay and there weren't any signs it was comin'

I was thinking it was under the tank but had (and have) no means to check. I have nowhere available to me where I could tear it down.  

But by the time we were done toying with the ignition system's wires I don't know if we temporarily fixed the short or if it was just the bumps of transport that did. We ran out of fuses before we could get more specific.  

Also, I don't believe we checked the lights. Thanks for the idea.

Thankfully I died outside his house and he and his buddy saw us riding earlier so they were kind enough to help.


Glad you were able to get the help you needed! Those qualified in the fine art of resurrecting the dead are rare.